Terminal IO

NeuroKernel has a console based terminal IO for an application which could be easier for some use cases. Terminal IO supports styling, linking and images. Any application can request terminal IO. In order to use terminal IO for an application, the terminal console application must be run which comes in the default package. This application when run is given a system pipe so that applications run from the terminal can use the terminal console to print data or receive commands.

The terminal access request is made with getTerminal method which returns an ITerminal interface object, and ITerminalListener is used to manage the input and output operations. Application must be executed from the terminal command line in order to have terminal functionality. ITerminal interface object is also passed to the listener methods for more convenient way of interaction.

import com.neurokernel.client.*;
import com.neurokernel.client.io.*;
import com.neurokernel.client.system.*;
 
/**
 * This application must be run from NeuroKernel terminal
 */
public class TerminalExample extends NApplication {
    NLabel label;
 
    @Override
    public void main(int argc, String[] argv) {
       getSystem().getTerminal(new NTerminalListener() {
            @Override
            public void onData(ITerminal stdio) {
                String input=stdio.readString();
                if (input == null && stdio.getKeyCode() == 0) {
                    stdio.writeString("Hello Console!");
                    stdio.setPrompt("password:", true);
                } else if (stdio.getKeyCode() > 0) {
                    stdio.setPrompt("Command> ");
                } else {
                    stdio.writeString("You have entered: " + input);
                    if (input.equals("close")) {
                        stdio.close();
                    } else {
                       label.setText(input); //also sets the label text
                       stdio.writeString("Press any key to continue...", 
                                 NSystemConstants.TERMINAL_WAIT_KEY_INPUT);
                    }
                }
            }
       });
 
       NFrame mainFrame=getMainFrame();
       label=new NLabel(mainFrame);
       mainFrame.setTitle("Terminal Example");
       mainFrame.setBounds(20,20,300,300);
       mainFrame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

Modern web browsers have a console for information tracing purposes from the running scripts. NeuroKernel can utilize this console feature with a IConsole system interface. C like text formatting can be achieved with printf method which is also available from NTools utility class for any kind of string formatting purpose; however, it does not have all the functionality of the C language supplied version of the formatting.

import com.neurokernel.client.*;
import com.neurokernel.client.adapter.*;
 
public class HistoryExample extends NApplication {
      private int currentState;
      @Override
      public void main(int argc, String[] argv) {
          final NFrame mainFrame = getMainFrame();
 
          new NButton(mainFrame,"Print").addListener(new NActionListener() {
               @Override
               public void onAction(NEvent e) {
                    getConsole().print("Hello "+(currentState++));
               }
          });
 
          mainFrame.setTitle("History Interface");
          mainFrame.setBounds(20,20,200,200);
          mainFrame.setVisible(true);
      }
}